“I’m just looking at the picture and crying”
“That’s not supposed to look like that”
“I’ve been staring at the wall depressed for the past hour”
This was the scene in the group chat with all my friends on October 17, 2017, the first game of the Boston Celtics’ season and the night Gordon Hayward broke his leg. It also might be the inflection point of Celtics history.
Hayward retired on Thursday, four years removed from Boston and seven from the injury that many fans can’t help but remember.